1873                                  Oscar Townsend                                1891

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Port Huron MI
Launched July 24, 1873

210’ LOA, 200’ keel, 33’10” beam, 15’ depth
1 deck, coal-fired boilers, engine,

Enrolled at Port Huron MI Aug 12, 1873 (Temp #15)
192.0 x 34.0 x 14.4, 817.85 tons     US 19385     to:
Edward Kelly, Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Entered service Aug 1873

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH Aug 23, 1873 (#18) to Lake Superior Transportation Co.

Deck added 1878
Remeasured to 1037.91 tons (835.50 NT 1882)

Sold 1880 to Robert R. Rhodes et al., Cleveland OH
(Robert R. Rhodes 1/3, H. M. Hanna 1/3, M. A. Hanna 1/6, George W. Chapin 1/6)

Repowered 1882 at Cleveland OH by Cuyahoga Iron Works

Sold 1888 to E. D. Chilson et al., Tecumseh MI

Home port to Monroe MI 1891

Burned 1891 Lake Huron.  Enrollment surrendered June 23, 1894.

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